Delhi Police is now registering FIRs against wrong-side drivers, escalating penalties beyond simple fines. (File photo) Cops tighten screws on wrong-side driving If you have the itch to avoid a U-turn and drive against the flow of traffic, be warned: Delhi Police has escalated its crackdown from simple fines to criminal proceedings. In a significant…
NEW DELHI: Following recent deaths in Indore due to contaminated water, Delhi water minister Parvesh Sahib Singh has instructed the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to conduct strict checks to prevent a similar tragedy in the national capital, officials said on Wednesday. The Delhi government has issued directives to the DJB, to be implemented immediately.“Intensify regular…
Image Credit: TimesContent.com (TOI Archive) KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday shared a poem in support of jailed activist Umar Khalid after the Supreme Court denied him bail in a case linked to the 2020 north-east Delhi riots.Moitra posted the poem on X, titled “You will rise, Umar Khalid”, writing, “You Will Rise,…
NEW DELHI: AIIMS New Delhi launched free cervical cancer screening through January under a public-interest drive, as India continues to lose 1 woman every 8 minutes to a disease doctors say is largely preventable.As part of Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, Preventive Oncology at the Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital and the National Cancer Institute, in collaboration…
NEW DELHI: Another CCTV clip related to the Laxmi Nagar assault has surfaced, showing a group of men arriving first, opening a gate and assaulting a man. Moments later, a Thar SUV was seen speeding towards the house and crashing into the wall, after which several men got out of it and the assault continued….
Delhi demolition drive: MCD carries out action near Faiz-e-Elahi mosque following HC order; 5 cops injured in stone pelting NEW DELHI: Multiple police personnel were injured during a demolition drive in central Delhi early on Wednesday after locals and miscreants attacked them with stones. The police is trying to identify the miscreants who engaged in…
NEW DELHI: A family of three died after fire swept through their one-bedroom flat at Delhi Metro Rail Corporation quarters in north Delhi’s Majlis Park early Tuesday.Ajay Vimal, 44, an assistant section engineer with the DMRC, his wife Neelam, 43, and their nine-year-old daughter Janvi were found dead inside their fifth-floor apartment, the bedroom door…
New Delhi: Making a child touch one’s private parts with sexual intent amounts to aggravated sexual assault and attracts punishment under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Delhi High Court has observed. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna dismissed a man’s appeal against his conviction and sentencing under Section 10 (punishment for aggravated sexual assault)…
New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has launched the first phase of its annual free psycho-social counselling services for class X and XII students. Beginning Jan 6 and continuing until June 1, the drive will focus on students’ mental and emotional well-being ahead of the board examinations. The initiative aims to help…
New Delhi: The forest department informed the NGT that it has directed the MCD to remove waste and debris dumped on forest land in the Southern Ridge. The department also said it planned to plant 60,000 saplings on the cleared land using the Miyawaki plantation method. The plantation will be done in four months as…
